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Soroca Fortress (Cetatea Soroca) on the Dniester River, northern Moldova — the round stone fortress of Stephen the Great

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Castles in Moldova

One of Europe's least-visited countries, Moldova preserves a dramatic medieval heritage along the Dniester River — most famously the round stone fortress of Soroca, built by Stephen the Great in 1499 and rebuilt into its distinctive circular bastioned form in the 1540s under Petru Rareș. Between forested valleys and river bluffs, Moldova's fortifications tell the story of a small principality that stood between the Ottoman Empire, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, and the Crimean Khanate.

Soroca Fortress (Cetatea Soroca) on the Dniester River, northern Moldova — the round stone fortress of Stephen the Great, rebuilt in its circular bastioned form in the 1540s, one of the best-preserved circular fortresses in Eastern Europe

moldova · Soroca District, northern Moldova, on the Dniester River at the Ukrainian border

Soroca Fortress

Stephen the Great's round fortress on the Dniester — one of the best-preserved circular bastion fortresses in Eastern Europe, built in 1499 to defend the Principality of Moldavia

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